Overview of the press conference (Photo: VNA)They include theAPEC start-up forum slated for September in Ho Chi Minh City, events on thesidelines of the APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Ministerial Meeting and the fourthmeeting of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) in Da Nang from November4-7, the APEC Business Summit with Vietnam in Da Nang on November 8, the APECCEO Summit in Da Nang on November 8-10, and a dialogue between leaders of APECeconomies and ABAC members.
With more than20 major activities and 159 APEC meetings to be held in eight cities andprovinces, the Vietnamese businesses will have chances to seek foreignpartners, deeply join the global manufacturing chain and introduce products tokey partners and the world’s leading corporations.
Permanent deputyhead of the APEC Vietnam Secretariat Nguyen Minh Vu said the APEC Vietnam Year2017 is a diplomatic of Vietnam’s external activities until 2025, making iteasier to popularise domestic businesses, localities and people to friends inthe region and the world.
Within theframework of the APEC 2017, the VCCI-hosted events will enable APEC leaders toshare global business trends and their insight into APEC member states’business climate.
The VCCI willalso instruct localities to outline sets of papers to attract investment duringthe APEC Business Summit with Vietnam which is expected to be held annually inthe country from next year.
In order topromote Vietnamese businesses’ involvement in APEC Year 2017, Vu suggested themattend the APEC Business Summit, the ABAC dialogue with leaders, and a summiton Vietnamese economy, thereby tapping maximum support from APEC’s supportprogramme, including the APEC business travel card, the Boracay Action Agendato Globalise Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises between now and 2020, abusiness training programme in specific fields, especially safety in exports.-VNA
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